In Memoriam

Dr. Dame Daphne Sheldrick died April 12, 2018 at age 83. She and her husband, David, dedicated their lives to the care and protection of Africa’s wildlife. After her husband’s death, she founded The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust, which runs an orphanage, rescue and rehabilitation center primarily for orphaned elephants and rhinos in Kenya. Daphne was the first person to successfully hand raise new-born elephants. but it took her 28 years of trial and error to develop the special milk formula to bottle feed baby elephants, making their survival possible. For more about Daphne’s remarkable life, read this week’s blog, A friend to all wild things.

In honor of Dame Sheldrick, Big Five has fostered eight elephants, two rhinos and a giraffe. Meet these adoptees and click on the links to read their stories.

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Female elephant, about seven weeks old. March 2014 at Naibunga Conservancy – Ol Lentille. The calf had been left behind when her herd stampeded following the shooting of an elephant by KWS after it had killed a woman in the community. Cause: Panic Separation/Stampede. For her complete profile see: http://www.sheldrickwildlifetrust.org/asp/orphan_profile.asp?N=314